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Now Normal Chronicles or: Loco

30 Thursday Apr 2020

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Music, OMD, Video

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The trail of videos continues with today being the 36th anniversary of Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (or OMD to the cool kids). I have this on vinyl. It’s a great pop record. I enjoy listening to it. Not a style that you get a lot of great covers from, though. So, I got the real thing. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Across every ocean for the sake of locomotion. But I wouldn’t have a notion how to save my soul. I walk down the sidewalk, run down the boardwalk, stop and make small talk. But I can’t say no to you.” – “Locomotion” (Humphreys/McCluskey)

Now Normal Chronicles or: You’ve Been Warned

29 Wednesday Apr 2020

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Today is the 39th anniversary of Van Halen’s Fair Warning album. It had some really good moments. I think it’s better than either of its bookends. Women and Children First and Diver Down had some good moments, too, but neither were as good as this. Then again, this doesn’t touch 1984 to me, either. But, I’d say as far as “classic Dave” era VH, this is probably my third favorite behind 1984 and the debut. Anyway, I found some mostly-impressive musical covers, but of course, the vocals are a bit lacking. So, I went with the original model. But, DLR’s vocals weren’t much better live. But, it’s Eddie, so I had to go with that. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Thought you’d never miss me ’til I got a Fat City address. Non-stop talker, what a rocker! Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress!” – “Unchained” (Van Halen/Van Halen/Anthony/Roth)

Now Normal Chronicles or: CTA

28 Tuesday Apr 2020

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Today is the 51st anniversary of Chicago’s debut album, which at the time was a self-titled release as they were known as Chicago Transit Authority. So, the title of this album is, you guessed it, Chicago Transit Authority. Here is a really great version of this tune from that album. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“People runnin’ everywhere, don’t know where to go, don’t know where I am. Can’t see past the next step. Don’t have time to think past the last one. Have no time to look around. Just run around, run around think why.” – “Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?” (Lamm)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Working Together

27 Monday Apr 2020

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Canned Heat, Dale Cole, Dale Cole & The Virtual Village, Wilbert Harrison

Salutations™!!

Dale Cole and the Virtual Village did a great video for a cover of Canned Heat’s “Let’s Work Together” (which was a cover of Wilbert Harrison’s “Let’s Stick Together”) to bring solidarity and union to the community and service industry folks. A right good many of my friends are in this video, too.

Support local and support your service industry workers. They’re hurting. They’re scared.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Oh well, make someone happy, make someone smile. Let’s all work together and make life worthwhile. Let’s work together, come on, come on. Let’s work together, now, now people. Because together we will stand. Every boy, girl, woman and a man…” – “Let’s Work Together” (Harrison)

Spinning Sunday or: The Listens 4/25/20

26 Sunday Apr 2020

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Salutations™!!

Dear sweet baby [enter deity here], please let this be over soon. If for no other reason, I want to get back to Underdog Records, see Jonathan and buy vinyl goodness. Amen.

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©All the record companies… I don’t own the copyright on these

You know my religion is “non-Prophet” so that was really just symbolic. However, the sentiment is exact and true. I want to get back to Underdog. The good news is Jonathan is doing a lot of deliveries and is still getting in new stock. I don’t buy a lot of new stuff so that throws me behind. I am more about the used stuff and, well, I figured it’s just not as feasible for him to rifle through the used stuff. That’s okay. I have plenty to keep me company here, but there’s nothing like the thrill of bin diving. I love it. Anywhat!

This week, I was home more than usual (usual for the lockdown) and The BCPF had work and conferences via Zoom, so I was under headphones a lot this week. I listened to 23 albums. I should probably try to listen to some podcasts during this downtime but I really want to listen to music. I suppose this is the equivalent of being a chef and having to cook at home, or being a truck driver and having to drive the family to Florida for vacation or per my old job working with the family sand business, why would I go to the beach when I can see sand anytime I want? So, I’m just not in the mood to listen to podcasts on my “downtime.” That’s cleared up.

The criteria for my streaming listening (for this list, anyway) is this: I have to own it on vinyl. I can’t listen to it on vinyl because of the situation, but I want to act like I am. So, I use the Discogs shuffle feature and see what pops up. Oddly enough, on the same day, I had two from The Who and even odder, I had two Yes albums right in a row; one I wish I had drawn after the other started. That worked out for me. Here’s my headphone “haul:”

  • Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
  • Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker!
  • Jerry Goldsmith – Logan’s Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • AC/DC – Let There Be Rock
  • Tom Jones – Tom
  • The Doors – The Doors
  • Quiet Riot – Condition Critical
  • The Who – Who Are You
  • The Who – Who’s Next
  • Men At Work – Cargo
  • Iggy Pop – TV Eye 1977 Live
  • The Police – Reggatta de Blanc
  • a-ha – Hunting High And Low
  • Yes – Close To The Edge
  • Yes – Fragile
  • Gerry Rafferty – Night Owl
  • Eagles – Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
  • Depeche Mode – Songs Of Faith And Devotion
  • Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates
  • Firefall – Élan
  • Jethro Tull – M.U. – The Best Of Jethro Tull
  • Genesis – Abacab
  • Joe Jackson – I’m The Man

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That was a good listen haul, I think. I enjoyed most of it a lot. I didn’t have that I didn’t like, I just would have preferred something else, I guess.

Then yesterday, The BCPF and I had our listening time and we shuffled through these albums:

  • Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills 2
  • Charles Aznavour – Aznavour!
  • Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
  • Midnight Oil – Diesel And Dust
  • Cranes – Self-Non-Self
  • Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
  • Love And Rockets – Express
  • Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
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©The record companies

That’s what we listened to. Follow Underdog Records on Facebook and Instagram, you’ll see what he’s got going on and you can get into the delivery thing and have him bring you some records. Also, visit the website to order new vinyl. Obviously, I use Discogs and even more so this week. There are no TLD/UR specials right now but I still hope you listen to the episodes. Okay, that’s all I have. Have a great week, stay home if you can, wash your damn hands and stay safe!

Until tomorrow, keep spinnin’…
Scorp out!

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“Walked out this morning, don’t believe what I saw. A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore. Seems I’m not alone at being alone. A hundred billion castaways looking for a home.” – “Message in a Bottle” (Sting)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Eye on the Prize

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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Chad Nance, Dale Cole, Dale Cole and the Virtual Village, Gabriel Higgins, Music, Steven Jones, Tommy Priest, Video, Winston-Salem Strong, WinstonStrong, WSNC

Salutations™!!

I have great friends in this town. I have great friends who help others. I have great friends who are great musicians. I have great friends who make differences. The beauty is when all that comes together. Dale Cole, Chad Nance, Tommy Priest, Gabriel Higgins, Steven Jones, April Rhodes-Tillery of ServPro Winston-Salem North along with many others in this community have created what is called Dale Cole and the Virtual Village. The last two episodes of The Less Desirables have featured DCVV, so make sure you listen to them (here and here). Here’s one of the tunes that they recorded. It’s our friends Jim Moody, James Vincent Carroll and, of course, Dale Cole. Special thanks to all the behind-the-scenes folk that make this happen.

Until tomorrow, Winston-Salem Strong…
Scorp out!

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“They had a vision of sharing the city’s musical talents to raise money for displaced service industry workers like Cole’s own stepdaughter.” – Dale Cole and the Virtual Village

Now Normal Chronicles or: Skipping Ahead

24 Friday Apr 2020

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Black Sabbath, Music, Ozzy Osborne, Ronnie James Dio, Video

Salutations™!!

There isn’t much that came out today that I am even remotely interested in talking about, so I’m picking something from tomorrow to play today. Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the first Black Sabbath album to feature Ronnie James Dio when he replaced Ozzy, Heaven and Hell. This is a pretty good cover of the opening track. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Oh no, here it comes again. Can’t remember when we came so close to love before. Hold on, good things never last. Nothing’s in the past, it always seems to come again. Again and again and again.” – “Neon Knights” (Dio/Butler/Iommi/Ward)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Gettin’ Sticky

23 Thursday Apr 2020

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Salutations™!!

Today is the anniversary of a few albums. The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers (49th) and Black and Blue (44th), The Ramones’ self-titled debut (44th), Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! from Jethro Tull (44th), Bob Dylan at Budokan (41st), Men At Work’s Two Hearts (35th), Two Hearts, the Dave Mason album (33rd), Joe Walsh’s Ordinary Average Guy (29th), Hootie and the Blowfish’s Fairweather Johnson (24th), Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (18th), Elvis Costello’s When I Was Cruel (18th), Supertramp’s final album Slow Motion (18th), and Peter Gabriel’s Live Blood (8th). That’s a wide field. And, I find it odd that there are two completely different albums with the same name on the same anniversary. I’ll go with this cover, though. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Let’s forget about the tongue-tied lightning. Let’s undress just like cross-eyed strangers. This is not a joke, so please stop smiling. What was I thinking when I said it didn’t hurt?” – “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” (Tweedy)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Raspy

22 Wednesday Apr 2020

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Salutations™!!

Today is the 35th anniversary of Prince’s Around the World in a Day. It’s one of my faves from him. I don’t think it’s better than a lot, I just enjoy listening to it. Here’s a decent cover from it. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof and the horses wonder who you are. Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees. You feel like a movie star. Listen, they say the first time ain’t the greatest. But I tell you if I had the chance to do it all again, I wouldn’t change a stroke ’cause baby I’m the most with a girl as fine as she was then.” – “Raspberry Beret” (Prince)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Rough

21 Tuesday Apr 2020

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ABBA, Bananarama, Beastie Boys, David GIlmour, Music, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, The Cure, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Video

Salutations™!!

Today is the anniversaries of several albums: ABBA’s ABBA (45th), Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass (40th), Bananarama’s Bananarama (36th), Accept’s Russian Roulette (34th), Siouxsie And The Banshees’ Tinderbox (34th), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (33rd), Beastie Boys’ Check Your Head (28th), and The Cure’ Wish (28th). This is the tune I had to go with, though. Lots of mystery around it when it was released and obviously too much for Roger Daltrey to handle. Cool that this version features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on lead guitar. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Tough boys. Running the streets. Come a little closer. Rough toys. Under the sheets. Nobody knows her. Rough boys. Don’t walk away. I very nearly missed you. Tough boys. Come over here. I wanna bite and kiss you.” – “Rough Boys” (Townshend)

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